Andrea Dworkin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrea Dworkin
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Sep 26, 1946(1946-09-26)
Age	78
Date Of Death	April 9, 2005, Washington, D.C.
Birthplace	Camden
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Libra

Andrea Dworkin Biography

Andrea Dworkin is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on September 26, 1946 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Feminist and activist who became known for her vocal opposition to the adult entertainment industry and the subjugation of women. She published the controversial work, Pornography: Men Possessing Women, in 1979.

She publicly denounced President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

She married fellow writer and activist John Stoltenberg in 1998.

Andrea Dworkin Net Worth

Andrea Dworkin is one of the richest Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrea Dworkin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She started writing poetry in the sixth grade and later graduated from Bennington College with a degree in literature.

She worked as an assistant to the feminist poet Muriel Rukeyse.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Andrea Dworkin Dating?

According to our records, Andrea Dworkin married to John Stoltenberg , Cornelius de Bruin. As of December 1, 2023, Andrea Dworkin’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Andrea Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Andrea Dworkin celebrates birthday on September 26 of every year.

What happened to Andrea Dworkin?

Andrea Dworkin, the feminist writer and antipornography campaigner whose work was a lightning rod for the debate on pornography and censorship that raged through the United States in the 1980’s, died on Saturday at her home in Washington. She was 58. Ms. Dworkin died in her sleep, said her husband, John Stoltenberg.

What did Andrea Dworkin believe?

Dworkin believed pornography encouraged violence against women. Dworkin is best known for her strident opposition to pornography, which she defined in Pornography: Men Possessing Women (1981) as “a celebration of rape and injury to women.”

What ethnicity is Andrea Dworkin?

Andrea Dworkin was born on September 26, 1946, in Camden, New Jersey, to Harry Dworkin and Sylvia Spiegel. Her father was the grandson of a Russian Jew who fled Russia when he was 15 years old in order to escape military service, and her mother was the child of Jewish immigrants from Hungary.

What is the focus of women's movement according to Andrea Dworkin?

Dworkin despaired at what has come to be known as “lean-in feminism” which focuses on the ability of individual, privileged women to climb to the top , and always said that until women at the “bottom of the pile” were liberated, none of us could be.

What did Second wave feminism focus on?

Second Wave Feminism: Collections. The second wave feminism movement took place in the 1960s and 1970s and focused on issues of equality and discrimination. Starting initially in the United States with American women, the feminist liberation movement soon spread to other Western countries.